Our Instructors

Sheila is a certified instructor of
stepdancing, as sanctioned by An Coimisiun le Rince Gaelacha, The Irish
Dancing Commission, based in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. She is former
champion dancer who began dancing at the age of 4. She has won numerous awards
at the highest levels of competition and has distinguished herself nationally
and internationally during her fourteen-year competitive career, including the Oireachtas
Rince na Cruinne, World Championships of Irish Dance, held annually in
Ireland.

Liz is a certified céili dance instructor,
as sanctioned by An Coimisiun le Rince Gaelacha, The Irish Dancing
Commission, based in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Liz began her Irish
step-dancing at the age of 7 and started teaching at age 19. Liz is also a
ceili and set-dancing instructor for the Pittsburgh Ceili Club. Liz calls the
ceili and set dances every Tuesday at Mullaneys Harp & Fiddle in the Strip
District of Pittsburgh as well as PCCs monthy ceilidh and Pittsburgh Irish
Festival.

Peter Shovlin, Jr., TCRG

Peter is a certified instructor of stepdancing, also sanctioned by An Coimisiun.
A former champion Irish stepdancer, Peter competed for ten years. He is
also a former professional ballet dancer, having worked as a
student-apprentice with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre under the direction of
Ms. Patricia Wilde, and as a company member of Ballet Metropolitan,
Columbus, Ohio, and the Irish National Ballet Company, Cork City,
Ireland. In 1990, he founded the Pittsburgh Céili Club, a membership
organization that continues to promote traditional Irish céili and set
dancing in the greater Pittsburgh area.